Letters to the Editor
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Ahhh, Dad...
I can't say that I'm surprised that you offended people (independent ideas tend to do that.) That's not to say that I'm particularly offended, or that I think that what you said was wrong. I just see how it could be taken one way or another.
On that subject, I'm not sure I have much of an opinion about it. I'm a little confused as to why you're claiming someone who was just charged with a felony as "part of the pack," so-to-speak, so I suppose that I disagree with that portion a little bit. Does his being Orthodox automatically make him good?
But as for raising controversy, that's what this site is for, is it not? Maybe not controversy, but discussion at least. So in that respect, I would have to say that your article is wildly successful and exceeds expectations of its intended purpose.
So good for you, Dad, for writing something that gets people talking. That's what open-mindedness is all about, no?
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more to it than you think
perhaps Abramoff was wearing the hat to expess contrition,so,it might not be act of same to the name of God,as the writer claims, that those who did not undetstand its syumbolism saw it otherwise.Abramoff's,God,if he acknowledges one, God would know.Admitting to wrongdoing is not evil but wholesome.The Bible is particularly strong on the cleansing and redemptivre value of admitting guilt. unlike the other respondent,i dont think that using Jewish expressions as the writer did,or analysing the possible sybmbolism of Abramoff's hat is somthething that suggests arrogance or clannishness-if I read him right.I find foreign expressions,communicating a diffrent world from mine,fascinating.Also we should ask,does the observation of this writer not lead us to speculate on the influence of Jews on American politics as witenssed by the unfortunate policies on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict which have reached a new low under this administraion?
The hat therefore could signify cultural and political echoes that ramify quite widely.
Toyin